Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:49:55 -0700 From: "Michael W. Akers" <mwakers@home.com> To: 'Mark Ovens' <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Where's the source Luke? Message-ID: <01BEFE08.02B56B70@c67050-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com>
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Mark,
At least in FBSD the files ARE within the source tree (somewhere). In MS you never know where the heck you will find a critical file. :P
Mike Akers
"May the Daemon be your guiding light ... ~}:P"
P.S. What I wouldn't give to have a light saber staff at some of these meetings I go to. POW!
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From: Mark Ovens [SMTP:mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 3:56 PM
To: Michael W. Akers
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Where's the source Luke?
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 01:00:04PM -0700, Michael W. Akers wrote:
> Mark,
> Found it in /usr/src/lib/libstand
Thanks:)
Since it's part of the kernel I figured it would be under /usr/src/sys.
Guess I should have started one level higher.
> Mike Akers
> M. Akers Enterprises
>
>
> ----------
> From: Mark Ovens [SMTP:mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 12:08 PM
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Where's the source Luke?
>
> Can someone tell me where to find the source code for ioctl()? I've
> searched all the .c files under /usr/src/sys and have found plenty
> of functions called xxxx_ioctl, e.g. kbd_ioctl(), but not a plain
> ``ioctl()''.
>
> I'm beginning to think that a call to ioctl() gets mapped to some
> function specific to the device.
>
> The particular instance I'm interested in is in video_mode() in
> vidcontrol.c:
>
> if (*index < argc) {
> for (i = 0; modes[i].name != NULL; ++i) {
> if (!strcmp(argv[*index], modes[i].name)) {
> mode = modes[i].mode;
> break;
> }
> }
>
> if (modes[i].name == NULL)
> return;
> =====>> if (ioctl(0, mode, NULL) < 0) <<===============
> warn("cannot set videomode");
>
> Thanks.
>
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